america is watching. america is waiting. senate majority leader harry reid and mitch mcconnell are trying to iron out a deal with a loose deadline now a little more than 90 minutes away. nbcs kelly o'donnell is on capitol hill watching the developments. she's going to join us in a few minutes. >>> something else a lot of people are keeping an eye on, the weather. look at that. the storm dumped up to a foot of snow on parts of southern new england. dylan dreier i sures me i'll get home to atlanta tomorrow. >> you didn't ask that question. >> you said the weather is out of the northeast. when i asked all those questions, it was all personal. >> now that i know, there's more pressure on me. getting from the northeast to atlanta, you are good to go. the trouble spot heading into the new year's eve time frame looks like kansas and parts of missouri. you can't see it on the map because the storm is moving through texas bringing light rain through san antonio. the snow is pushing through areas in eastern kansas and western missouri